When Barney Franklin Light was born on 20 May 1888, in Pomeroy, Garfield, Washington, United States, his father, William Franklin Light, was 27 and his mother, Laura Ellen Lewis, was 18. He lived in Narcisse, Stevens, Washington, United States in 1920 and North Davenport Election Precinct, Lincoln, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 27 February 1974, in Davenport, Lincoln, Washington, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Davenport, Lincoln, Washington, United States.